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AN ESTABLISHED 12 LOCATIONS IN 11 TAUGHT BY HISTORY IN LEGAL CITIES QUALIFIED LAWYERS EDUCATION

97% EMPLOYMENT TEF GOLD STANDARD OVER 64,000 ALUMNI RATE UNDERGRADUATE COURSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LAW

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LAW BUSINESS POSTGRADUATE COURSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LAW Law Conversion Courses: • in Law (GDL) • MA Law • i-GDL (LPC): • LPC • LPC MSc in Law, Business & Management • LPC LLM • i-LLM LPC Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC): • BPTC • BPTC LLM University of Law Business School Master’s Degrees New Training Regime for Current Training Routes Future Training Requirements to become a

- New Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) - Earliest start date 2021 - Current courses are likely to be phased out - To qualify as a solicitor you will need to have: • passed SQE stages 1 and 2 (including candidates with a law degree) • been awarded a degree qualification, or equivalent • have two years of qualifying legal work experience • pass satisfactory character and suitability test The SQE - Overview The SQE - Timeline

• Before Sep 2021 – those who have started a QLD/GLD can continue under current system up to 2032. • However students could transition onto the new system once its in place. • Anyone starting from Sep 2021, will be on the new SQE system. Law Career Basics Which area of law? Do you have the right skills?

Ability to Attention to Commercial organise and detail awareness prioritise

Interpersonal Communication Problem skills solving

Research and Self-motivation Team work analysis and initiative What are the benefits? • Intellectually stimulating and challenging

• Variety of employment opportunities

• Job satisfaction

• Career progression

• Financially rewarding

• Interest in business

• A desire to work with people Alternative careers

60% of Law graduates use their transferable skills to go into other areas…

- Accountancy and finance Law is a - Business fantastic - Journalism foundation for a - Teaching whole range of - Publishing careers. - Community work - And more What kind of lawyer? Solicitor

I get paid a salary I get to work with lots by my firm of people and clients.

I’m given a variety There are lots of of tasks and jobs career by my firm opportunities

I enjoy being based I tend to work on a mostly in the office case from start to finish Some facts about solicitors • Currently over 160,000 solicitors on Roll ( & ) – over 130,000 solicitors with practising certificates. (Up)

• 90,000 solicitors work in private practices with just over 9,500 firms currently operating in England and Wales

• Another 25,600 are employed ‘in house’ in commercial and industrial organisations, central / local government, courts and the CPS

I have to work hard to I get to travel around get my cases and my the UK and work in career is based on my different places work I work in a small, close- knit community, mostly I like talking in public in contact with other and presenting lawyers. arguments

I’m self-employed, and have to manage my I work well with tight own finances deadlines and don’t mind weekend and I’m an expert in a particular area of evening work law and do lots of specialist research Some facts about

• There are currently just over 15,500 barristers in practice (constant since 2011)

• 80% of barristers are self employed and work in offices called chambers.

• 34.9% of pupil barristers obtained a 1st in their degree and 54.5% obtained a 2:1

• Only 23% of barristers work outside of

• A few sets of chambers are becoming ABSs Planning legal careers: different types of legal employer Can be arranged in four categories:

• Private practice

• Public sector

• Alternative Business Structures

• In-house How can you engage with us?

Come to one of our open days and employability events Join Future Lawyers and access our 10 step employability programme Connect with us online Any questions?